Posted on 07/15/2017 7:40:42 PM PDT by springwater13
The Senate will defer consideration of the GOP healthcare plan that would partially repeal and replace Obamacare until Sen. John McCain returns to work following a procedure to remove a blood clot from above his left eye, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement late Saturday.
After wishing him a "speedy recovery," McConnell, R-Ky., added: "While John is recovering, the Senate will continue our work on legislative items and nominations, and will defer consideration of the Better Care Act."
About two hours earlier McCain's office revealed that he would be spending a week in his home state of Arizona recovering from the procedure he got on Friday.
Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix said the 80-year-old is now "resting comfortably at home and is in good condition," after a successful surgery.
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Hopefully that will be never.
Exactly what I'm thinking. I'm surprised no one has made that observation before your post.
Is not mccain exempt from obamacare?
Too bad Trump cannot issue an EO to force Congress onto Obamacare.
Words fail me.
However they find it much easier to be paid off by lobbyists in Washington.
I think they will need Pence to be the tiebreaker.
I truly wish Trump had taken the opportunity to offer the Democrat sen. from North Dakota that Dept. of Interior chair as the “token opposite party” chair. Had she agreed, the Republican governor would have no doubt named a GOP replacement and we wouldn’t be so dependent on gadflies like McCain, Graham and Collins to get a majority.
I know Trump wanted the best people he could get in every job but missed out on the better chess move giving us an extra Pubbie in the Senate.
If McCain leaves the Senate...what will happen to Lindsey?
Ducey, Flake and McSqueeeeze are Arizona’s trifecta of leftist infiltration evil.
Yeah, he's sleazy and psychotically angry enough to use "medical reasons" to stop the government from functioning.
JMHO
Better yet, declare McCain’s Senate seat vacant,and appoint someone else.
They wheeled Byrd from WVa in for the Obamacare vote on a gurney.
McNasty is over the VA $$ cap of $38K per yr, and has free Tax Serf provided health care.
Hubby is Ret 20 yr career Navy SCPO, between his Navy pension and both our SS checks, the only VA care he can receive is a career disability. Which is flight deck hearing los
What does this tell you, McConnell and Ryan ane in bed with mclame and against Trump! We need to do what we did in November by electing Trump we need to help Trump “drain the swamp”
Yes, congress and their staff *are* exempt from Odunga-care.
Or at least RINOs. He won't get a single Democrat vote.
The Democrats know that too. They're not that stupid. She never would have accepted.
Actually Congress and staff are required to buy insurance from the Obamacare exchanges. Not surprisingly, the current Senate bills exempt Congress from their Obamacare rollbacks.
Why Republicans Exempted Their Own Insurance From Obamacare Rollback
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